Mason Porcus East, MP2 through MP5A: Pridoli, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
Ozarkodina excavata (Branson and Mehl 1933)
recombined as Hindeodella excavata
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodina remscheidensis Ziegler 1960
recombined as Nicollidina remscheidensis
Ozarkodina elegans (Stauffer 1938)
Ozarkodina confluens (Rhodes 1953)
original and current combination Trichonodella symmetrica
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Pseudooneotodus sp. Drygant 1974
Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959
Conodonta - Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
Dapsilodus sp. Cooper 1976
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Cheiopteria bridgei
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium sp. Münster 1840
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Dualina sp. Barrande 1881
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Columenoceras degener
Columenoceras intermixtum
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sphaerorthoceratidae
Plagiostomoceras culter (Barrande 1866)
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Anaspyroceras cf. pseudocalamiteium
Given as "Anaspiroceras"
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Arionoceratidae
Parakionoceras originale (Barrande 1868)
Arionoceras sp. Barskov 1966
Arionoceras affine (Meneghini 1857)
synonym of Arionoceras canonicum
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
? Kopaninoceras thyrsus (Barrande 1870)
Given as K. "tyrsus"
Orthocycloceras fluminese
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida
Murchisoniceras calamaoides
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Kloedenia lovisatoi
Ostracoda - Cypridinida - Bolbozoidae
? Bolbozoe sp. Barrande 1872
Malacostraca - Archaeostraca
Aristozoe sp. Barrande 1872
Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris cf. bohemica (Barrande 1853)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx aff. ouralti
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 8.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.7° South, 51.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Pridoli
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Pridoli
Age range of interval:423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Dated by authors on basis of conodonts.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal argillaceous wackestone
Secondary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "typical Silurian black marly limestones with nautiloids, bivalves, etc. alternating with limestones and black shales. Limestones are mostly biomicritic biosparites with traces of bioturbations at some levels (MP3)."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Generally interpreted as shallow-water carbonates alternating with deeper-water pelitic rocks.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26173
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-10-07 13:02:47 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:13:14
Access level:the public Released:2002-10-07 13:02:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7257. M. Gnoli, F. Leone, R. Olivieri and E. Serpagli. 1988. The Mason Porcus section as reference section for uppermost Silurian-Lower Devonian in SW Sardinia. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 27(3):323-334 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]